A. For the purpose of administering the licensing provisions of the Tobacco Products Act, the director is authorized to examine and to require the production of any pertinent records, books, information or evidence, to require the presence of any person and to require that person to testify under oath concerning the subject matter of the inquiry and to make a permanent record of the proceedings.
B. The director, through the legal counsel for the division, is vested with the power to issue subpoenas. In no case shall a subpoena be made returnable less than five days from the date of service.
C. A subpoena issued by the division shall state with reasonable certainty the nature of the evidence required to be produced, the time and place of the hearing, the nature of the inquiry or investigation and the consequences of failure to obey the subpoena and shall bear the seal of the division and be attested to by the director.
D. After service of a subpoena upon a person, if a person neglects or refuses to appear or produce records or other evidence in response to the subpoena or neglects or refuses to give testimony, as required, the director may invoke the aid of the district courts in the enforcement of the subpoena. In appropriate cases, the court shall issue its order requiring the person to appear and testify or produce the books or records and may, upon failure of the person to comply with the order, punish the person for contempt.
History: Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 23.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 27 made Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 23 effective January 1, 2021.